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Bart's Comet
<<After Bart sabotages Principal Skinner's weather balloon, Skinner decides to punish him by having him help with his amateur astronomy. Skinner dreams of finding something in the sky and having it named after him. Bart accidentally locates a comet which is named after him.
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SKINNER: You don't need a telescope to enjoy astronomy, Bart. (pointing) There are all the constellations you've heard so much about. There's Orion, the swan, the chariot race...
BART: Why don't they look anything like their names?
SKINNER: Well, you do have to use your imagination. Look, there's the three wise men.
BART: Who names these things anyway?
SKINNER: Whoever discovers them. I've been hoping I could find something that would be named after me.
BART: And you've never found anything?
SKINNER: Once. But by the time I got to the phone, my discovery had already been reported by Principal Kahoutek. I got back at him, though... him and that little boy of his.
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Scientists soon discover that the comet is heading straight for Springfield. Professor Frink plans to launch a missile at the comet, dispelling everyone's fears. However, the missile flies past the comet, instead blowing up the only bridge out of town, dooming the people.
After seeing an issue of Time magazine, which presented the threat of comets hitting Earth on its cover, the writing staff decided to have an episode based on the concept of a comet hitting Springfield. They fleshed out the episode's plot over several days and John Swartzwelder then set about writing the details of the script.
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